Sports and leisure activities Around Mexico City

The via ferrata is an itinerary built into a rock face, which is traversed by clinging to pre-installed metal elements. Here, it allows you to climb this rocky peak with a vertical height of 200 meters. You don't go straight up, but by making some diagonals: the course is 450 meters long and you are constantly roped up when you cross ladders built in the void, suspension bridges or monkey bridges, and that you climb along the wall thanks to anchors. However, it is not necessarily easy for everyone, even if the site is open from 12 years old: you can always start and deviate from your route later, because there are crossing points allowing the evacuation to a quieter path that also reaches the summit; be careful, the first passage is a test in itself, but be aware that the first evacuation route is located halfway. If you complete the route, you will have spent nearly 4 hours clinging to the rock face: essential mountain gear (thick shoes and anorak), sometimes walking on a cable suspended above 190 meters of void. Sensitive souls should abstain.

But you can also go up by a very relaxed way, if it is just the view that interests you. For the youngest, the place also offers a canopy course (suspended bridges in the trees and zip lines). Abseiling on all floors. Equipment provided.

Since 1976, this guide company has been organizing 2 or 3 day excursions to Izta and lending the equipment you need to practice high mountain climbing. It is advisable to book the excursion a few days in advance. This organization also offers excursions to Pico de Orizaba, the highest volcanic peak in the country, between the states of Puebla and Veracruz, as well as other guided tours lasting several days that allow you to learn more about the country and its culture while climbing its mountains.

This agency specialized in paragliding has been established here for over 40 years, training a whole generation of instructors. As far as seriousness and security are concerned, you won't find better here. The flight itself allows you to have a plunging view on the tiled roofs of the village, its lake and its forests. Note that we can organize here your complete stay from Mexico City. A visit to the monarch butterfly sanctuary (on the border with Michoacan) and a trek to the top of Nevado de Toluca are also possible.